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July 22, 2020

Lucus Planum Yardangs

July 22, 2020

Lucus Planum Yardangs

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Lucus Planum. The surface in this image has been eroded by the wind to form features called yardangs.
July 21, 2020

Windstreaks

July 21, 2020

Windstreaks

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a region of plains to the west of Alba Mons. Numerous windstreaks are visible.
July 20, 2020

All Broken Up

July 20, 2020

All Broken Up

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of an unnamed crater in Margaritifer Terra.
July 17, 2020

Burton Crater

July 17, 2020

Burton Crater

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the central peak and floor of Burton Crater.
July 16, 2020

Mount Whaleback Iron Ore Mine, Australia

July 16, 2020

Mount Whaleback Iron Ore Mine, Australia

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Mount Whaleback open pit iron ore mine, located 6 km west of the town of Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
July 16, 2020

Black Hole Corona's Disappearing Act (Illustration)

July 16, 2020

Black Hole Corona's Disappearing Act (Illustration)

This illustration shows a black hole surrounded by a disk of gas. In the left panel, a streak of debris falls toward the disk. In the right panel, the debris has dispersed some of the gas, causing the corona to disappear.
July 16, 2020

Terra Cimmeria

July 16, 2020

Terra Cimmeria

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a portion of eastern Terra Cimmeria.
July 15, 2020

Map of Regions Around Mars' Jezero Crater

July 15, 2020

Map of Regions Around Mars' Jezero Crater

This map shows regions in and around Mars Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASAs Perseverance rover. The green circle represents the rovers landing ellipse, or the area where it will be landing within the crater.
July 15, 2020

South Polar Cap

July 15, 2020

South Polar Cap

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a trough that reveals the layered nature of the polar cap ice.
July 14, 2020

A Mars Rover and a Mars Flyer (Artist's Concept)

July 14, 2020

A Mars Rover and a Mars Flyer (Artist's Concept)

When NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts its first test flight on the Red Planet, the agencys Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will be close by, as seen in this artists concept.
July 14, 2020

Portrait of Perseverance and Ingenuity (Artist's Concept)

July 14, 2020

Portrait of Perseverance and Ingenuity (Artist's Concept)

In February 2021, NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (shown in an artists concept) will be the agencys two newest explorers on Mars. Both were named by students as part of an essay contest.
July 14, 2020

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight (Artist's Concept)

July 14, 2020

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight (Artist's Concept)

An artists concept of NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flying through the Red Planets skies.
July 14, 2020

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Martian Surface (Artist's Concept)

July 14, 2020

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Martian Surface (Artist's Concept)

In this illustration, NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planets surface as NASAs Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away.
July 14, 2020

Uzboi Vallis

July 14, 2020

Uzboi Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small section of Uzboi Vallis. This valley system arises just north of Argyre Planitia and flows northward into Holden Crater.
July 13, 2020

Lava Flows

July 13, 2020

Lava Flows

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a portion of the immense volcanic flow fields in the Tharsis region.
July 10, 2020

Tropical Storm Fay 2020

July 10, 2020

Tropical Storm Fay 2020

NASAs AIRS instrument captured this image of Tropical Storm Fay around 2 p.m. local time on July 10, 2020, as the storm swept through New England.
July 10, 2020

Mamers Valles

July 10, 2020

Mamers Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of Mamers Valles. The channel is nearly 1000 km long (600 miles).
July 9, 2020

A Big Crane for a Big Dish

July 9, 2020

A Big Crane for a Big Dish

Deep Space Station 43 is the largest steerable parabolic antenna in the Southern Hemisphere and currently undergoing upgrades, which are expected to be completed by January 2021.
July 9, 2020

Swinging the Cone Into Place

July 9, 2020

Swinging the Cone Into Place

In a delicate operation, a 400-ton crane lifts the new X-band cone into the 70-meter (230-feet) Deep Space Station 43 dish located in Canberra, Australia.
July 9, 2020

Inside a Big Dish

July 9, 2020

Inside a Big Dish

Workers perform upgrades on the central cone of the Deep Space Networks Deep Space Station 43s antenna in Canberra, Australia. Improvements on the dish, which spans 70 meters (239 feet) are expected to be complete by January 2021.
July 9, 2020

Maneuvering Perseverance

July 9, 2020

Maneuvering Perseverance

The nose cone containing NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is maneuvered into place atop its Atlas V rocket. The image was taken at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.
July 9, 2020

Perseverance on the Move

July 9, 2020

Perseverance on the Move

The nose cone containing the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover sits atop a motorized payload transporter at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.
July 9, 2020

Lifting Perseverance

July 9, 2020

Lifting Perseverance

NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover waits to be lifted onto its Atlas V launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.
July 9, 2020

Ariadnes Colles

July 9, 2020

Ariadnes Colles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Ariadnes Colles. The term colles means hills or knobs.
July 8, 2020

Fitting the Rover's Power Supply

July 8, 2020

Fitting the Rover's Power Supply

Technicians at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida perform a fit check between the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and its Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator on April 16-17, 2020.
July 8, 2020

Testing Rover Power Source

July 8, 2020

Testing Rover Power Source

This image shows the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for NASAS Mars 2020 Perseverance rover during a fit check at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16-17, 2020.
July 8, 2020

Rover Power Source

July 8, 2020

Rover Power Source

The Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for NASAS Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is shown during a fit check with the rover at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16-17, 2020.
July 8, 2020

Comet NEOWISE Discovery Images

July 8, 2020

Comet NEOWISE Discovery Images

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a string of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several heat-sensitive infrared images taken by NASAs NEOWISE mission on March 27, 2020.
July 8, 2020

Inside a Crater

July 8, 2020

Inside a Crater

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the crater rim and floor of an unnamed crater located in Terra Sirenum on the north rim of Newton Crater.
July 7, 2020

Psyche's Spectrometer

July 7, 2020

Psyche's Spectrometer

Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, make progress on the spectrometer for NASAs Psyche spacecraft, while observing COVID-19 safety procedures.
July 7, 2020

Ring of Firepower

July 7, 2020

Ring of Firepower

An electric Hall thruster, identical to those that will be used to propel NASAs Psyche spacecraft, undergoes testing at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
July 7, 2020

Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion

July 7, 2020

Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion

Thumbs-up for a successful test. Psyche engineers test an electric Hall thruster identical to those that will propel NASAs Psyche spacecraft on its journey to the asteroid Psyche.

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